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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
9
An advertisement extols Ayer’s Hair Vigor as the best product for hair under all circumstances. It claims the tonic promotes favorable growth conditions by removing dandruff cleansing the scalp and nourishing hair roots. It suggests use to retain color or restore gray or faded hair.
A newspaper note from the Atchison Globe observes how a young woman's hair curls and flourishes fade with time and marriage, leaving a hard knot at the back. It links hair styling to social ambition and mood, predicting a Sunday evening light in a renewed curl.
Dr. Charttan reports using Pond's Extract in a sub acute erysipelas case on a woman’s nose and face. After local application and internal treatment, swelling and redness vanished quickly. He declares Pond's Extract deserves credit for the rapid recovery and plans to use it again where indicated.
A man with a brown leather valise and a man in dirty linen dusters wait for a train. The leather valise man muses on having seen him before, but the other warns against effort, noting the heat makes it pointless, and they part.
In a Maine hamlet Miss Bessie Bradford, 21, joins the Gallatin household where duty to marrying off the ward is stressed. She flirts with Lt Milford, faces Captain Soutter and a stern sister, and ends by choosing the penniless civilian over a rigid military romance, while a grim line about Mexico’s high death rate closes the piece.
A Delineator fashion note highlights homespun linens ideal for outing wear including yacht and bicycle outfits. It describes embroidered linen poplins, colorfully toned linens, and a large white chip hat with lace trims and plumes, plus boleros, jackets, and jet passementerie reflecting 1830 style revived for dressy occasions.
The article describes cheviot and cloth school suits for boys with double breasted reefers, sailor collars, and narrow notches. It notes possible braid or machine stitching finishes, recommends dark serge tweed cheviot fabrics, and cites Byerick pattern 9277 in sizes four to ten, priced 25 cents.
A descriptive piece from The Delineator surveys lavish fashion trims and fabrics. It highlights grenadine patterns, intricate braids, gold threads, Renaissance and Russian laces, black micasseline lace with Renaissance edging, and floral square-meshed weaves. It notes trimming as essential to present attire and mentions bonnets with yellow straw discs and rhinestone rosettes.
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